DNA barcoding of Iranian leeches (Annelida: Clitellata: Hirudinida)

Cryptic taxonomic diversity and high-latitude melanism in the glossiphoniid leech assemblage from the Eurasian Arctic

“…nov. Russia: Lake Torfyanka, 43.0761° N, 131.9620° E, Vladivostok, Primorye Yamal Peninsula Siberia and Russian Far East; Mongolia 39 Genus Glossiphonia Johnson, 1816 The complanata -group G. balcanica Grosser & Pešić, 2016 = G. balcanica Grosser & Pešić in Grosser et al (2016): 18 61 Kosovo: spring Toplla, 42.5719° N, 20.2906° E, KS40 Dečani/Decan, Lebush 61 Kola and Kanin peninsulas, Kolguev Island, Polar Urals, Yamal and Taymyr peninsulas; Iceland Arctic Region from Northern Fennoscandia to Taymyr; Iceland 16 ; European Russia, and Balkans 61 G. taymyrensis sp. nov. Russia: Dudinka, small lake, 69.4008° N, 86.3384° E, Taymyr Peninsula Taymyr Peninsula and Putorana Plateau Siberia from the Arctic Ocean coast (Taymyr) to Kemerovo Region The concolor -group G. concolor (Apáthy, 1888) = Clepsine concolor Apáthy (1888): 154 122 Bei Neapel in dem Sebeto und in dem Sarno; bei Haraszti in einem Donau-arm 122 (Italy: Sebéto and Sarno rivers near Naples, 40.8797° N, 14.3252° E and 40.7653° N, 14.5512° E, respectively; Hungary: a branch of Danube River near Dunaharaszti town, 47.3608° N, 19.0809° E) Kolguev Island, Polar Urals, and Taymyr Peninsula Arctic Region from Kolguev Island and Polar Urals to Taymyr; Siberia (including Lake Baikal); Kazakhstan; Iran 78 ; European Russia; Sweden; Germany; Lithuania 58 , France 89 , Hungary and Italy (the type series; no topotype DNA sequences) G. nebulosa Kalbe, 1964 = G. complanata nebulosa Kalbe (1964): 141 123 Germany: Nieplitz River near Treuenbrietzen, 52.0911° N, 12.8666° E 123 Polar Urals and Taymyr Peninsula Arctic Region from Polar Urals to Taymyr; North Caucasus; Europe (Germany, France); Turkey: Antalya 10 , ...…”

“…54.7030° N, 20.5018° E) Yamal 24 , Taymyr, Iceland 16 , 17 Europe to Eastern Siberia (including Lake Baikal); Iceland 16 , 17 ; North Kazakhstan 84 ; Tajikistan 86 T. tessulatum (O. F. Müller, 1773) = Hirudo tessulata Müller (1773): 45 127 Denmark 127 Iceland 16 ; Bolshezemelskaya Tundra 22 Iceland 16 ; Europe; North Asia 15 ; North Kazakhstan 84 ; Canada (Ontario) Subfamily Haementeriinae Autrum, 1939 Genus Helobdella Blanchard 1896 H. okhotica sp. nov. Russia: Khodeevskoye Lake, 64.7501° N, 177.7771° E, Chukotka Peninsula Arctic Yakutia and Chukotka Peninsula Lena River basin in Eastern Siberia to the Russian Far East H. stagnalis (Linnaeus, 1758) = Hirudo stagnalis Linnaeus (1758): 649 128 Sweden: north side of Lake Trehörningen, 59.8433° N, 17.8828° E, Uppsala, Uppsala County, Uppland Province (neotype) 129 Arctic Norway, Iceland, Kanin Peninsula, Kolguev Island, Bolshezemelskaya Tundra, Polar Urals, and Taymyr Peninsula Iceland, Europe, Siberia east to the Yenisey and Khatanga basins; Tajikistan; Uzbekistan; Azerbaijan; Iran 78 ; Turkey 82 ; North Africa (Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt) 79 , 96 , 120 , 121 ; doubtful records from South Africa 81 …”

“…Previously, G. concolor was identified from Eastern Siberia and Mongolia on the basis of morphological information 15 , 39 , 77 . The southernmost DNA-based records come from mountain streams and ponds of Iran 78 .…”

Dina serbica, a new species of leeches (Annelida: Hirudinea: Erpobdellidae) from Serbia, based on morphological and molecular evidence

“…Nevertheless, Trontelj and Sket (2000) showed that the annulation pattern is not suitable for the diagnosis of Dina and Trocheta, and problematized the status of Trochetinae because it does not represent a monophyletic group. Siddal (2002) formally synonymized the genera Dina and Trocheta (as well as the non-European Mooreobdella and Nephelopsis) with the genus Erpobdella, a concept not widely accepted by other authors who continued to treat Dina and Trocheta as separate genera (e.g., Grosser et al 2011;Grosser 2015;Ben Ahmed et al 2015;Darabi-Darestani et al 2021).…”